We’re at a crossroads — smart home products have never been more affordable and accessible to the general public, but at the same time, they’re often unsecure and most connected devices are susceptible to attacks. Criminals have caught onto this trend and smart home hacks are on the rise. What can we do to secure our IoT products?

This NIFTY battery pack sure lives up to its name, but can its slick design justify the price?

Battery packs are essential phone accessories these days. We rely on our phones to do so much, and heavy phone users often can’t rely on their phone’s internal battery to get them through a full day without a recharge along the way.

Furthermore, few battery packs offer the same functionality and features, making it sometimes confusing as to which [Read More…]

This week, Daniel and Jerry invite their homebody friends, Mikah Sargent and Phil Nickinson, to chat about smart homes and how they’re changing the way we live.

Should you buy a Google Home or an Echo or, if you’re into Apple, should you wait for the HomePod, which is hatching later this year? And what about ecosystems and standards? What is a Zigbee, anyway? All of these questions are answered — or at least acknowledged — and more!

Android Go isn’t a big deal, and that makes it an incredibly powerful and meaningful change for Android users everywhere.

You may know this well-known idiom: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Such a phrase can be applied to many circumstances, but it also works in the context of Google’s salvo into the world of unifying the experience of budget smartphones, Android One.

Chinese smartphone and tablet manufacturer just hit us up to tease some new kit in 2012, promising we’ll see “our smartest, fastest and most high-performing smartphone yet, taking a leap into the future of mobile communications.” The announcement will come on the eve of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Huawei has yet to really break into the U.S. market, though it does manufacture the uninspiring T-Mobile Springboard tablet. And while MWC [Read More…]

Logitech announced yet another device capable of pairing with Android smart phones and tablets today in the Harmony Link. Whereas speakers and keyboards are a nice way to spruce up your general Android experience, this new Wi-Fi device can turn your phone into a fully-feature and functional remote control. Much like the Harmony One remote does today, the Harmony Link makes it so that you can put [Read More…]